#3B8ACD#3B8ACD

#3B8ACD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.128 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B8ACD
RGB	rgb(59, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -2.04, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 41.60, 267.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0491 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.128 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9074, 23.5121, 61.1295)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B8ACD #CD7E3B

analogous

#3BCDC7 #3B8ACD #3B41CD

triadic

#3B8ACD #CD3B8A #8ACD3B

tetradic

#3B8ACD #C73BCD #CD7E3B #41CD3B

square

#3B8ACD #C73BCD #CD7E3B #41CD3B

split-complementary

#3B8ACD #CD3B41 #CDC73B

monochromatic

#1D4A71 #296AA2 #3B8ACD #6CA7D9 #9DC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#3B8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#3B8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3B8ACD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3B8ACD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.128 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abdc',
    500: '#3b8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b8acd;
$custom-light: #82abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61543,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B8ACD

secondary

#D2AF92

accent

#8D45E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B8ACD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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